Magnifica Humanitas
May 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
The Pope weighs in on AI governance the same week quantum computing threatens crypto's foundations.
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Smooth Seas
May 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Teaching a teenager to drive becomes a lens on decades of market crises and the value of staying calm through them.
The Fed
May 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
A new Fed Chair takes over. What changes, what doesn't, and why independence still matters most.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
May 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
The Iran war exposes a hidden fuel divide — and an airline goes under as a result.
Canaries
April 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
A sneaker company rebrands as an AI infrastructure play and its stock soars 600%. What that says about this market.
Integrity
April 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Why a credible, well-regulated market is worth more than investors often realize — until it's gone.
Liquidity
April 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Gold's sharp sell-off reveals an underappreciated truth: liquidity is only valued once it's scarce.
Democratizing Private Equity – Part II
March 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
BDCs, evergreen funds, and the push to open alternatives to more investors — at what cost?
Democratizing Private Equity – Part I
March 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
What Yale's legendary endowment run under David Swensen still teaches about private equity investing.
Watching the Lights Turn Red
March 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Conflict in the Middle East pushes oil and gas higher — a region-by-region look at who's exposed.
Watching the Lights Turn Green
March 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Markets shrug off a shocking escalation in the Middle East, closing higher within hours.
Las Cucarachas
February 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Jamie Dimon's "cockroach" comment reignites debate over hidden risk in private credit.
Gold Math
February 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
Uncorrelated
January 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Gold's best month in 40 years ends in a sharp reversal. What investors do next depends on why they bought it.
A Contrarian Trade?
January 2026 | Kate Dumas, CFA
Climate risk hasn't gone away just because "ESG" has fallen out of fashion. A response to a widely-read NYT piece.
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